Media Street writes: "This summer - like most summers - isn't much to be excited about. It's what many in the gaming industry refer to as the Summertime Drought Period. Games are few and far apart, most of the highly anticipated, major titles won't hit digital and retail distribution until the holiday season gets closer and perhaps worst of all, we have to deal with three solid months of wild and outlandish rumors and speculation!"
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
So after reading the article what are you exactly trying to say?
If anything Nintendo is the one with most weaponry since they are the first entering the next generation scene.
I thought PS3 wasn't getting a price drop though?
And this summer is defiantly Halo 4 time. Combine all other exclusive titles coming out this holiday and you probably get half of the Halo 4 sales.
Halo 4 will outsell every single exclusive from now until all next generation consoles are sold.
Halo, never underestimate the power of Halo. It would be so awesome if master cheif can whip out a flute and summon a giant 360 bot and #### up shit
Love or hate Microsoft, it doesn't really matter. They are a huge company that has been in business for years. They know what they are doing when it come to competing in a market. They may be secretive about their playbook, and keep people in the dark, but they have an undeniable track record. They entered the game market at a time when long time legend Sega was bowing out and Sony had a strangle hold on the market. Look where their at today. You may not like their tactics, but you can't argue that they don't work. Halo 4 is a bigger draw than most of you will give it credit for, but I'll still bet that MS has a trick or two up their sleeves for this fall.
All Microsoft's focus from October - December will be on rollong out Windows 8 and WP8. And that's a pretty big deal for them I would think.
Halo 4 is really all the xbox needs this holidays.
I would also think that MS would be in full next gen mode from 2013.
Microsoft always has beast holidays. Last Black Friday they sold a million Xbox 360's and 750k Kinects. There will be deals and some people that want a Wii U will have to settle for a Xbox 360/Kinect. Wii U is obviously going to be the biggie this holiday.
Microsoft does have a Halo 4 bundled Xbox 360 and Halo 4 coming out, that should do pretty well for them. Should be a pretty decent holiday for all concerned.